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A proposed quarry to be located at the intersection of Tonquin and Morgan roads is raising eyebrows in Tualatin as a hearing approaches next week.
The Poole Quarry site sits between Tualatin, Sherwood and Wilsonville and is directly adjacent to a portion of the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge.
“How can they get away with this?” was one of many questions posed by shocked councilors at Monday’s work session.
Tualatin’s concerns with the quarry include traffic, noise and nature preservation, as well as interference with planned transportation projects.
“This site is just in the path of a connector or southern arterial,” said Cindy Hahn, assistant planner for the city of Tualatin. Tualatin’s plan to extend 124th Avenue as a way to solve some traffic would reach a “stumbling block” if this quarry project gets off the ground, according to Hahn.
The proposed quarry would operate for 15 to 20 years, and would limit blasting to 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays.
The quarry site is located 0.8 miles from the southwest corner of the Tualatin city boundary, raising questions about what noise will reach Tualatin’s citizens. The quarry is expected to add 390 trucks daily to the traffic flow, 80 percent of which will travel east on Tonquin Road toward 1-5.
Council charged city staff with compiling more research for a united testimony at the Sept. 2 hearing, and are reaching out to Tualatin citizens and Wilsonville and Sherwood leadership.
The Poole Quarry’s history dates back to the 1980s, when property owner Robert Poole applied for and received permission to use the site for a quarry. Those plans fell through, and the site was sold to Tonquin Holdings LLC in 2008.
A public hearing on the Poole Quarry conditional use permit will be held Sept. 2 at 9 a.m. at the Development Services Building Auditorium located at 150 Beavercreek Road in Oregon City. The Tualatin City Council encourages concerned citizens to attend.
Well it looks like one big rock quarry already. Whats the big deal?
Anyway, where does Tualatin, (and Tigard and Sherwood and Wilsonville, ect) think that the SHOULD be getting all the rock they need for ALL the development that they want to do?
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Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 12:06 PM
I-5 to 99W Connector? You bet people are working on it but it's slow going because there's little or no leverage to make it happen.
I want the connector built to restore some "liveability" in Tualain instead of being the driveway for Sherwood and Yamhill County.
If I could, I'd put a hold on all further development in Sherwood and Yamhill County until the cities, counties and state own up to the problem they have created in designating Tualatin and Tualatin-Sherwood Road as the gateway to the Sherwood, Newberg, McMinville, et al.
If we can't have the connector, I'd be just as happy to lay a moratorium on further development to the southwest and keep the rural views.
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Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 02:18 PM
ps: Hearing is postponed until Oct 28, 2010
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Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 02:25 PM
Steve: I hope you read the Connector reports soon as well as the 2005 Traffic Report from the original Southwest Tualatin Concept Plan. Bottom line is that the latest Connector proposal WILL NOT solve anything on Tualatin-Sherwood Road. It will only get worse my friend. Building another road that dead-ends at I-5 and dead-ends at 99W is stupid. Tualatin-Sherwood is loved by trucks because it actually goes beyond I-5 and 99W on either side. Problem is that no other roads provide this east & west connectivity. Look how many E-W roads in Tigard stop at 99W.
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Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 05:24 PM
Nina: Good point. People are working on the Connector like they are on the Blake Street extension to construct a 65-foot high bridge over the RR Tracks? Wonder how many millions that would cost. Or maybe a tunnel thru the wetlands is a better idea. Wow I have a high degree of confidence that our leaders know what they are doing!
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Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 05:39 PM
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Re: Proposed Poole Quarry plan rilesTualatin City Council
The Southern Arterial of the Connector is a joke. Who is doing anything to move that project forward - answer is no one. This project is a dream on a map. Will someone in Tualatin, Washington County or Metro actually start fixing Day Road, Grahams Ferry Road, and Tonquin. Waiting 20 more years for a $2 billion road that the federal government will never pay for is NOT the answer folks...
"Nina Metaksa"
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Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 02:04 PM